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Google manually creates these for large senders, this is not available to just anyone. There is a standard for this called list-unsubscribe (RFC 8058), but add
by lucb1e 3y ago
Google manually creates these for large senders, this is not available to just anyone.
There is a standard for this called list-unsubscribe (RFC 8058), but adding the header has no purpose. I have not been able to find an email client that uses the header: Thunderbird, FairEmail, Gmail, Hotmail, and I'm not sure if I asked someone to test it in Outlook but I think so. It is recommended to add the header for lowering your spam score, I don't know if it actually helps, but this one-click unsubscribe thing in your email client's UI seems to be a custom thing they add manually instead of just using the RFC...
References to show that this is not just me not understanding how to implement the rfc: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4365850/list-unsubscribe-in-e-mail-header-how-to#comment60957368_7804157 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4365850/list-unsubscribe... https://serverfault.com/questions/329032/how-to-add-the-list-unsubscribe-header-correctly https://serverfault.com/questions/329032/how-to-add-the-list... I also checked emails that do show an unsubscribe button in the client's UI (such as a large pizza ad sender) and they do not have a list-unsubscribe header set at all.
If Google wants Gmail to be less spammy, they could start by not implementing double standards that give senders of big newsletters special treatment and a special hole in the spam filter.
- jeffbee 3y agoYou obviously have some kind of axe to grind specifically about List-Unsubscribe but you don't understand how Google implements it. Gmail does support this header, but only for senders with high reputation. If a sender has poor reputation, the support for List-Unsubscribe isn't visible to the user for that message.
- lucb1e 3y ago> you don't understand how Google implements it. Gmail does support this header, but only for senders with high reputation. Then how come emails with unsubscribe buttons in the UI do not have the list-unsubscribe header set, and emails with the header do not have the button visible? Also, I'm not sure that "you don't understand how to use the system" follows from "you can only use the system if you're an invited VIP"